Fall 2013 Schedule

Date	Chapter	Coverage	Readings	Assignment	Due Date
08/21/2013	Introduction
08/28/2013	Chapter 1	The Threat Environment	Read the 3 Threat Environment articles and be prepared to discuss in class.
09/04/2013	No Class
09/11/2013	Chapter 2	Planning & Policy	We will be discussing an alternative Risk Assessment method OCTAV Alegro, you can read more here.
09/18/2013	Module A	Networking Concepts	Journal of Network and Computer Applications 2013 Hoque.pdf Details Download 2 MB
09/25/2013	Chapter 3	Cryptography	Read the Cryptography Readings from the Class Readings page
10/02/2013	Chapter 4	Secure Networks
10/03/2013 to 10/07/2013	Exam 1 (Chapter 1-4, Module A, Readings)
10/09/2013	Chapter 5	Access Controls
10/16/2013	Readings	Passwords	Read the required readings from the Password section of the Class Readings
10/23/2013	Chapter 6	Firewalls		Access Control Simulation	10/30/2013
10/28/2013	Withdrawal Deadline
10/30/2013	Chapter 7 & 8	Host Hardening & Application Security	Read the required Application Hardening articles section of the Class Readings
11/06/2013	Chapter 9 & 10	Data Protection & Incident and Disaster Response
11/13/2013	Readings	SOX IT Readings	Read the required readings from the IT Control and SOX section of the Class Readings	Security in the News	11/20/2013
11/20/2013	Readings	COSO, COBIT, ERM	From the Frameworks & Standards page, read: Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992) Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2011 Exposure Draft) coso_draft_internal control framework.pdf Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework (2004) COBIT 4.1 CobiT_4.1.pdf
11/27/2013	Readings	Additional Readings	Cyberattack's abound yet companies tell SEC losses are few By Chris Strohm, Eric Engleman and Dave Michaels - Apr 3, 2013) CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2 S.E.C. (This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance's views regarding disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents) AICPA Top 5 Cybercrimes (2013) Top-5-CyberCrimes.pdf Details Download 5 MB ERM for cloud computing (COSO) 2012 Chan.pdf Details Download 6 MB
11/30/2013 to 12/04/2013	Final Exam (5-10) and Readings